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Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, and sole designer, builder and refueler of United States Navy aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy submarines. Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including both naval and commercial ships. Located in the city of Newport News, its facilities span more than 550 acres (2.2 km2), strategically positioned in one of the great harbors of the East Coast.
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Missouri in honor of the state of Missouri:
At least seven United States Navy ships have been named Alabama, after the southern state of Alabama.
USS America may refer to:
The first USS Cumberland was a 50-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy. She was the first ship sunk by the ironclad CSS Virginia.
Six vessels of the United States Navy have been named Augusta. The first two, as well as the fourth, were named after the city of Augusta, Georgia, while the fifth and sixth after Augusta, Maine. The third, (SP-946) has not yet been determined which city she was named for.
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named Chattanooga, after the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Abel Parker Upshur was a lawyer, planter, slaveowner, judge and politician from the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Active in Virginia state politics for decades, with a brother and a nephew who became distinguished U.S. Navy officers, Judge Upshur left the Virginia bench to become the Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of State during the administration of President John Tyler, a fellow Virginian. He negotiated the treaty that led to the 1845 annexation of the Republic of Texas to the United States and helped ensure that it was admitted as a slave state. Upshur died on February 28, 1844, when a gun on the warship USS Princeton exploded during a demonstration.
USS Abel P. Upshur (DD-193) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard until transferred to the United Kingdom in 1940. During World War II, she served in the Royal Navy as HMS Clare.
USS Upshur (DD–144) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II. She was the first ship named for Rear Admiral John Henry Upshur.
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Buchanan, in honor of Captain (USN), Admiral (CSN) Franklin Buchanan.
John Henry Upshur was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
USS Cushing may refer to one of several United States Navy ships named in honor of William B. Cushing:
The first USS Princeton was a screw steam warship of the United States Navy. Commanded by Captain Robert F. Stockton, Princeton was launched on September 5, 1843.
USS Plover is a name the United States Navy has used more than once in naming a vessel:
USS Condor is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:
TS State of Maine is the training ship of the Maine Maritime Academy.
George Parker Upshur was a career officer in the United States Navy and superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy (1847-1850).
Upshur may refer to:
Orion is the name of various ships and a ship class:
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